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Recent Examples of mined
Sure, there is value to be mined in non-premium positions, but relying on rookies to plug a half-dozen holes — in an effort to build a championship roster — is preposterous.
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
Ripe with archival deep cuts, creative director Gherardo Felloni mined styles from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1980s for this lineup of covetable new designs that had even the most jaded of stylists, editors, and celebrities oohing and aahing.
—Vogue, 6 Mar. 2026
The restaurant’s menu is printed on the back of a record sleeve, with a list of starters mined from special, one-off dinners Garcia and Huerta host monthly called Kamikaze, and mains rooted in their signature tacos, tortas and burritos.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, not far away in that enormous underground world, salt is still mined every day.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
Lisa McGee broke through with a sui generis comedy that mined aspects of her own experience to find authentic humor in a harrowing situation.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
In his poems, letters lose limbs, words are mined, and grammar collapses under shelling.
—Alex Averbuch, Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
The settlement calls for the permit to limit mining to just over 2,200 acres on land that is already being mined.
—Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2026
Some of the minerals that can be mined in space are also very valuable.
—Julian Dossett, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
Ripe with archival deep cuts, creative director Gherardo Felloni mined styles from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1980s for this lineup of covetable new designs that had even the most jaded of stylists, editors, and celebrities oohing and aahing.
—Vogue, 6 Mar. 2026
The restaurant’s menu is printed on the back of a record sleeve, with a list of starters mined from special, one-off dinners Garcia and Huerta host monthly called Kamikaze, and mains rooted in their signature tacos, tortas and burritos.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, not far away in that enormous underground world, salt is still mined every day.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
Lisa McGee broke through with a sui generis comedy that mined aspects of her own experience to find authentic humor in a harrowing situation.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
In his poems, letters lose limbs, words are mined, and grammar collapses under shelling.
—Alex Averbuch, Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
The settlement calls for the permit to limit mining to just over 2,200 acres on land that is already being mined.
—Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2026
Some of the minerals that can be mined in space are also very valuable.
—Julian Dossett, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mined
Verb
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Iran, Israel and the United States also have attacked oil and gas facilities since the war started, worsening supply concerns.—
Alex Veiga,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Its national oil company declared force majeure after the country’s sole oil refinery was attacked.—
Elaine Kurtenbach,
Fortune,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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So what is a modernist like Mayer, who made such cool craft of ancient stuff 20 years ago with Spring Awakening, to do with something as hokey and booby-trapped as Chess?—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Verb
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Prosecutors allege the gunmen tracked Bowman to Los Angeles and ambushed him at a gas station near the Beverly Center, firing at least 18 rounds from multiple weapons, including a machine gun.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2026
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Flying through blizzard conditions, his squadron was ambushed by seven Soviet fighter planes.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Israeli warplanes bombed Beirut and Tehran as Iran launched more retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gulf countries on the seventh day of the war.—
Jon Gambrell,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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During the 12-day war [between Israel and Iran in June 2025], it was actually bombed.—
Haley Ott,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Mined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mined. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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